Gas cylinder cabinet



Sept. 26, 1950 P. w. M cLosKEY 2,523,372

' GAS CYLINDER CABINET Filed Oct. a, 1948 2 Sfieefcs-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

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A TTORNEY Patented Sept. 26, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,52 3 ,872 GAS LINDER CKBINET' Peter W. McCloskey', Fairlawn, N. J.-,-- assignor't'o' B & .M Metal Products Corp., Montclair, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application October s, 1948; Serial No. $3,559-

2 Claims; (01. 31-2'-245) This invention relates to improvements in cabinets; such as are used forthe protection of gas cylinders from the elements.

It is the object of this inventionto provide a novel means for pivotally latching thehood memberto the wall plate-member of the cabinet. These and other advantageous objects, which will appear from the drawings, and from the description hereinaftenare accomplished by the structure of my invention, of which an embodiment is illustrated in the drawings; It will be apparent, from a consideration of said drawings and the following description, that the invention may be embodied in other forms suggested thereby, and such other forms as come within the scope offth'e' appended claims are to be considered within the scope and purview of the instant invention; I V t In the drawings:

Fig. l 'is a plan view of a blank from which the pin housing shown in Fig. 2 maybe formed,

Fig. 2 is a. perspective view of the pin housing,

Fig.3 is a planview of a form of pin and spring adapted for insertion in said housing,

Fig. 4 is an interior, fragmentary, perspective, view of the upper right hand corner of the hood member of the cabinet, 7

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, perspective, view of the upper right hand portion of the wall plate of said cabinet,

Fig. 6 is an interior, fragmentary, perspective, view of the upper right hand corner of the cabinet,

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary, vertical, sectional view, taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 6,

Fig. 8 is a vertical, elevational, partly sectional, view of the cabinet, taken on line 88 of Fig. 9, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of'a cabinet embodying my invention.

The drawings illustrate a preferred form of the invention.

It will be readily apparent from a consideration of the said drawings and the description hereinafter that modifications may be made within the scope and purview of the invention.

As shown in the drawings, the cabinet comprises a wall plate Ill and a hood Ii, the upper end of the wall plate being extended to define a pair of bearing members l2, l2 disposed in parallel, aligned, spaced relation. Said bearing members are apertured as at l3, [3 for the reception of pins (hereinafter described). In carrying out my invention, latch means are provided at the upper corners of the cabinet. The structure 2 shown in Fig. 6 for latching the hood to thewall plate. of the cabinet is duplicated at the other (left hand) upper corner of the cabinet, which is a mirror image of Fig. 6 (see Fig. 8). The description of structure at one of the-upper corners of the cabinet, as, for example, that shown in Figs. 6 and 7', will suffice for both. Where prac tical, the mirror image duplication of the struc-- ture' of Figs. 6 and 7 (at the upper left hand corner of the cabinet) is shown and designated by the reference characters used in Fig. 6, but bears the prime marks (as shown in Fig. 8). Pin nousings [4, I4 are secured to the hood interior-1y thereof at-the upper right and left hand corners, said housings having apertures 15 aligned, when the cabinet is assembled, with the apertures 13 of the bearing members I2, [2. The rear end 2 3 of pin I6 is slidably disposed in said apertures.

The forward end of the pin has a preferably rounded head I! for projection through aperture 23 of the hood ll (Fig. 4) and aperture 43' of bearing I? of wall plate iii. The pin is pro vided with a stop flange [8, spring l9 bearing. against said flange andthe'housing l4 (interiorly) to normally urge the pin head I! through aperture 13 of the bearing l2, the other (inner) end of said pin projecting through the housing aperture It. The bearing members l2, l2 may be formed in any desired or convenient manner, as, for example, shown in Figs. 5 and 9, wherein said bearings members are shown formed integral with side flanges 20, Ill directed at right angles to said plate. The upper end of the plate Iii is provided with a flange 2 i, the ends of said flange being cut away to denne, at the upper end of the plate, recesses 22, 22 to receive the pin housings l4, I l; the flange is disposed beneath the pins of the housings, and extends substantially to the housings, to define a bearing for the rear ends of the pins protruding from the housings (see Fig. 6).

It will be noted that, pursuant to my invention, the pin I6 is carried by the hood member II, the ends of said pin being in engagement with bearings if, H or the plate Ii].

The pin housings may be made of any suitable material and of any convenient outline. The housing l4 may be formed of a blank of material. orginially in flat form, as shown in Fig. l, bent. to define a top wall 25-and depending side walls 26, 26', an end wall 21 having aperture I5 through which the pin protrudes. The tabs 29 and 30, depending from the end wall 21 and top wall 25 respectively, are adapted to be secured to the hood member II at right angular opposed points.

in any convenient or desired manner, as, for example, by spot welding or the like.

The hood I I may be made of any suitable material and in any convenient form. It is shown in the drawings as being a 3-piece structure includin the quadrant-shaped side walls 36, secured to the arced sheet 31, as, for example, by providing the quadrant side walls 36 with flanges 38 which, in turn, may be riveted, spot-welded or otherwise secured to the arced sheet 31.

The hood and wall plate I may have means for locking the same together, generally designated by the reference character 39 in Fig. 9 and preferably disposed at the lower end of the hood.

While the housing has been shown in Figs. 1, 2, 6 and 7 as being of generally rectangular cross-section, it will be apparent that the housing may be made in tubular or other cross-sectional form convenient for manufacturing purposes, within the scope and purview of the invention, and that the parts described may be -made of any suitable or convenient material.

The invention above described provides a structure which lends itself admirably to economic manufacture, assembly and disassembly. Not only is this structure well suited to permit of the rigid assembly of the hood and wall plate-it is also adapted to permit the hood to be dis assembled from the wall plate by merely depressing the heads of the pins inwardly to retract the same from the apertures I3, [3' in the bearings 12, I2. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v

1. In a gas cylinder cabinet, a wall plate adapted to be secured to a wall in an upright position, a hood adapted to be secured to the wall plate,

a pair of apertured bearing members extending from the upper end of the plate, a flange at said upper end extending along the same, the ends 4 side walls, housings secured to said hood, pins slidably disposed in the housings, springs in the housings engaging said pins, whereby the hood may be positioned with the side walls thereof interiorly of the bearing ends of the wall plate and the housings positioned in said recesses, and the pins positioned over and engaging the wall plate flange so that the latter will constitute a bearing therefor, the other ends of the pins being aligned within the wall plate bearing apertures to project therethrough, so that the hood may be pivoted to open or close the cabinet, and may be removed by withdrawing the pins from the bearing apertures, againstthe tension of said springs.

2. In a gas cylinder cabinet, a wall plate adapted to be secured to a wall in an upright position, a hood adapted to be secured to the wall plate, a pair of apertured bearing members extending from the upper end of the plate, a flange at said upper end extending along the same, the hood having side walls, pins slidably disposed in the hood at the ends thereof, whereby the hood may be positioned with the side walls thereof interiorly of the bearing ends of th wall plate, and, the pins positioned over and engaging the wall plate flange so that the latter will constitute a bearing therefor, the other ends of the pins being aligned with the wall plate bearing apertures to project therethrough, so that the hood may be pivoted to open or close the cabinet, and may be removed by withdrawing the pins from the bearing apertures.

PETER W. MCCLOSKEY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,139,771 Kehoe May 18, 1915 1,626,354 Pilla Apr. 26, 1927 2,166,043 Double July 11, 1939 

